The Distinguished Educator Award is given each year to a member of MCS who has made a significant contribution to mass communication pedagogy. Please acknowledge professors whose teaching had a profound influence on your career by nominating them for this prestigious award.

DETAILS AND HOW TO NOMINATE

The nomination PDF should be submitted electronically to the Awards Chair, Anastasia Kononova, at kononova@msu.edu, by 11:59 pm EDT on April 30.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The award winner will be selected by the Division Head, Teaching Committee, and Graduate Student Committee members and recognized at the Division Awards Luncheon at the national conference. This recognition includes the presentation of a plaque by the Teaching Chair, as well as a monetary award this year of $500. Winners will also be listed on the Division website.

PAST WINNERS

• Alexis Aleece Romero Walker, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2023
• No Winner, 2022
• No Winner, 2021
• Carol Pardun, University of South Carolina, 2015
• S. Shyam Sundar, Penn State, 2014
• Jane D. Brown, U of North Carolina, 2013
• John C. Pollock, College of New Jersey, 2012
• Diana K. Martinelli, West Virginia, 2011
• Dennis Davis, Penn State, 2010
• David Rubin, Syracuse University, 2009
• Patricia Curtin, Oregon, 2008
• Pamela Shoemaker, Syracuse University, 2007
• Joe Foote, Oklahoma, 2006
• Michael Murray, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2005